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Kade Cicchella

@kadecicchella.bsky.social

Philosophy and Physics PhD student at the University of Washington | I like QFT

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11mo ago

In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.

Dayanne Figueroa was on her way to get coffee before heading to work when she encountered a chaotic scene in West Town: heavily armed, masked federal agents making arrests on a residential street. People yelled as vehicles honked their horn — a sign now used to alert neighbors that immigration federal agents are in the area — and witnesses said federal agents had arrested several landscaper workers presumed to be in the country without authorization. As Figuero tried to drive through the 1600 block of West Hubbard Street on Friday, Oct. 10, an unmarked vehicle driven by federal agents collided with Figueroa’s as it tried to speed away from a hostile crowd, multiple videos reviewed by the Tribune show. Seconds after the crash, agents abruptly stopped their vehicle and exited with weapons in hand pointing at Figueroa, a U.S citizen. Agents then forcibly opened her door and pulled her out of the vehicle by her legs without identifying themselves, presenting a warrant or informing her that she was under arrest. As bystanders yelled, “You hit her! We have it on video!” agents ignored the crowd and forced Figueroa into a red minivan and drove away. Her car was left behind in the middle of the road, her coffee still in the cup holder, and her keys in plain view.
Kade Cicchella@kadecicchella.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Over the weekend trump appeared to post a video that seems to be AI generated of himself flying what looks like a fighter jet with a crown-like object on his head and dumping a brown liquid that resembles feces on people standing on the street who look like protestors.

American Philosophical Association@apaphilosophy.bsky.social · last yr.

APA member Colin Marshall coauthored this ‪@us.theconversation.com‬ piece on empathy and why it should be considered a strength. theconversation.com/empathy-can-...

Empathy can take a toll – but 2 philosophers explain why we should see it as a strength

Empathy affords us a more accurate understanding of others’ experiences and emotions. Just like pain, it can be hard to bear – but that’s also the source of its strength.

theconversation.com

Kade Cicchella@kadecicchella.bsky.social · 2y ago

which books do I take on break? 1) Return of the King (mandatory) 2) Logic of Scientific Discovery - Popper (can finally finish) 3) Drawing Theories Apart - Kaiser 4) Bullshit Jobs - Graeber 5) Dawn of Everything - Graeber, Wengrow 6) QFT on curved spacetimes - Bär, Fredenhagen

Kade Cicchella@kadecicchella.bsky.social · 2y ago

Intro for new followers: I’m a PhD student in the philosophy and physics departments at the University of Washington working in philosophy of physics and mathematical physics. My research is mainly on conceptual and foundational questions about Quantum Field Theory and Renormalization Group methods.